Activities

Santa Rita Mountains, Sonoita Gardner? Or Gardiner? It depends on whom you ask. According to the book Arizona Place Names, Gardner Canyon — which is…

You’ve probably seen organ pipe cactuses (Stenocereus thurberi) in the pages of this magazine, and with good reason: They’re among the Sonoran Desert…

Tonto National Forest, near Phoenix Every now and then — particularly in the dead of a brutal Arizona summer — a person can grow tired of the desert…

Santa Rita Mountains, Coronado National Forest Home to the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Mount Hopkins might be heaven on Earth for the star-…

Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona Strip If you’ve driven to the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, you’ve seen the house. Just before you climb…

San Francisco Volcanic Field, Flagstaff The story of SP Crater’s name begins with Northern Arizona rancher C.J. Babbitt. Sometime in the late 19th…

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Alpine When you head out on a wildlife-watching trip, you expect to see wildlife. If you don’t, it’s…

Prescott National Forest, Prescott While Prescott and Jerome were legendary a century ago for the metal deposits that drew fortune seekers from…